Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.
EXAMPLE:
My word: punishment
Root: punish
Meaning:a suffering,pain,or loss that serves as retribution
Related words: punishing
My word:laziness My word: replacement Root:lazy Root:replace
Meaning:moving slowly:sluggish Meaning: the action or process of replacing
Related words:lazier,laziest Related words: replacing,replaced My word:dizziness
Root: dizzy
Meaning: having a whirling sensation in the head a tendency of falling
Related words: dizzier, dizziest dizzy
EXAMPLE:
My word: punishment
Root: punish
Meaning:a suffering,pain,or loss that serves as retribution
Related words: punishing
My word:laziness My word: replacement Root:lazy Root:replace
Meaning:moving slowly:sluggish Meaning: the action or process of replacing
Related words:lazier,laziest Related words: replacing,replaced
My word:dizziness
Root: dizzy
Meaning: having a whirling sensation in the head a tendency of falling
Related words: dizzier, dizziest dizzy